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San Francisco Neighborhoods - In the Bay Real Estate

Easily visible from boats and the waterfront is Alcatraz
Island, named by Spanish explorers in 1775 for the small cormorant alcatraceo
(and not for flocks of alcatraces, or pelicans, as is widely believed).
This former military outpost and federal prison looms over the San Francisco
Bay, 11Ú4 mi. from Fisherman's Wharf. Alcatraz isn't the only island
in the Bay. The much larger but less visited Angel Island offers a serene
getaway with miles of hiking and biking trails and spectacular views.
It too was a prison camp, as well as a military fort, a missile base,
an immigration station, and a home to the Coastal Miwok Native Americans.